Under car fuel line mount retainers - How To?

[Huw Powell]

> **** If they spring a leak, thats good. Now I know they were only 1000 miles
> from leaking on their own.

you could almost *plan* on it...

> **** Yes, I recall that. The problem is that you hit the bottom of the floor
> pan with handle part of the tool before you can get the spring latches to
> engage. You need a compound bend tool. I may have to work on that . .. A U
> shaped tool . . Bent screwdriver or something.

I have a great tool, made by Snap-On, which I believe is a brake spring 
tool of some sort.  It has a ninety degree bend about 3/4" from the 
point, and a bit of a twist in that last section, too.  It is also 
fairly heavy duty, most of the shank is about 1/4" round.  When I 
finally managed to destroy the first one I owned after 15 years of 
misuse, of course I got to claim a new one from a guy on a Snap-On truck.

>>should be able to get new, pre-bent ones through a dealer.  I know 4k
>>and coupe ones were still available a couple of years ago (about $300
>>for both pressure and return).
> 
> **** Are you insane?!  Moi spending $300 on fuel tubing?
> I used copper refigeration tubing on my Dodge truck. $12 for 50 feet. The
> fuel pressure is a bit higher on the audi, so copper may not work.
> I may get away without having to replace any tubing. But if I do, I would
> rather buy the tubing and bender and flaring tool, and do it myself. It is
> not rocket science.

Not insane at all, this information is part of the answer to your 
question... might be appreciated by those with less time to bend up 
their own fuel lines... it's not rocket science, but those are long, 
complicated lines - especially if you want the new ones to pass through 
all the original holders.

-- 
Huw Powell

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